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William Hodges, Art and Empire

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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:12 authored by Geoffrey Quilley
There has been much debate in the past twelve months about the significance of the history of the British Empire and its place (or lack of it) in the teaching curricula of our schools and universities. Argument has centred largely on the morality of empire and the post-imperial legacy – and the degree to which imperial history’s lack of cultural prominence is a betrayal of collective conscience over a past many would rather leave unexplored. Whatever the merits of such discussion, it is the case that the empire is indeed ‘striking back’, whether through a post-imperial insistence on recognising the crucial, formative importance, both to Britain and the Western world, of phenomena such as the transatlantic trade in African slaves, or through the examination in former imperial countries of the important role played by the British empire in their own national histories.

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  • Published

Journal

History Today

ISSN

0018-2753

Publisher

History Today Ltd

Issue

7

Volume

54

Page range

46-53

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  • Art History Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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